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[notice]MARK DURIE offers a Christian perspective on the execution of 21 Coptic Christians in Libya and the “IS Meggage Signed in Blood” — Originally published in INcontext Ministries’ “A World In Motion”, Issue 118, February 26, 2015 [/notice] Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has called for a United Nations resolution allowing […]
Originally published in BBC.com Iraqi government forces say they have cleared Islamic State (IS) militants from a wide area around the strategic Haditha dam, helped by US air strikes. The jihadists have repeatedly tried to capture the dam on the River Euphrates, in the western province of Anbar. The US […]
Originally published in Worthy News The Islamic State released a video on Tuesday (September 2, 2014) apparently depicting the beheading of another American journalist, the second such video in the terrorist group’s relentless and grisly campaign to drive the United States out of the Mideast region. Journalist Steven Sotloff, kneeling […]
Compiled from reports in Christian Telegraph and Fox News Some Iraqi Christians are hopeful following multiple US airstrikes near the Mosul Dam. Previously an Islamic State (IS) stronghold, US bombardments keep loosening the terrorists’ grip, reports MNN. “Around the dam area, there’s a lot more freedom. The families actually are […]
Originally published in Christianity Today A woman kidnapped a year ago has been identified as one of the American hostages being held by the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. IS demanded $6.6 million and the release of a Pakistani prisoner being held […]